Fors Safety

€44,90

100% Acrylic, Polycolon Lining and Windstopper

Technical hat in neon color for maximum visibility. Lining in polycon that transports moisture and helps you to keep cool and dry while in movement. Gore Windstopper membran that blocks wind. Sätila label in suede-imitation.

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Our products are only available in Sweden. International orders available on request. Please contact satila@satila.com for more information or inquiries.

KNITTED BY

At Sätila we take great pride in our knitted products. A hat from Sätila is always produced with great care, unique knowledge and extensive experience. The people behind the knitting process are one of the key factors in making the perfect hat. Our “knitters”, as we like to call them, have years of experience and are experts in their field. On all our knitted products, you can find a small text telling you who knitted that specific one.
Let us introduce, Mariann, Dennis, Mari, Janne and Lisbeth.

MARIANN

A calm and easy-going person, with a great confidence. She works as a knitter here at Sätila and when her working hours at the factory comes to an end her shift often continues at home, being a part-time farmer. Mariann loves her animals, she has everything from Icelandic Roosters to cheerful dogs at the farm. Her favorite beanie is Märta, nordic patterns in a beautiful design.

Besides farming, Mariann also has a great interest in music and dancing, in particular the genre ”Dansband” which is inspired by swing and country music and is a unique dancing style for Scandinavia.

You might think that Mariann has her hands full, but she and her husband also arrange the yearly, and extremely appreciated, Crayfish-party in their neighborhood. A successful event which gets bigger with new acquaintances every year.

DENNIS

He is a happy, nice and talkative soul who lives in Sätila, close to the factory. He has a great interest in hunting and therefore Rib hat is his favorite beanie, functional for outdoor use. Dennis took his hunting license in 1997 and ever since then he has not just enjoyed the nature but has also dedicated time and effort into making the hunting experience better in the areas around Sätila. If a chair goes missing from the Sätila head office, you can be pretty sure that it has ended up in a hunting tower nearby…

Dennis has worked at Sätila for about 30 years. During that time, he has knitted approximately 2,5 million beanies. That’s really something unique only Dennis can brag about.

MARI

A happy and energetic person with a unique working position here at Sätila. She basically works with everything that is involved in the production to do. Sometimes she must be supervising the knitting machines and some other time help in the sewing unit. She knows how to do it all!

Mari lives by the countryside but still claims that she lives as by the ocean, how’s that possible? Cleverly, she refers to the large lake Lygnerns beach, that beach has the same conditions as the coast with fresh winds and shallow water.

Besides the work at Sätila, Mari has her own farm-shop next to her home. A cute store with focus on self-and locally produced products, you will be kindly welcomed by Mari and inspired by her uniquely selected products and design of the shop.

JANNE

A cool and funny fellow who always cycles to work – not even the arctic cold will stop him and his 15 year old Monark. Therefore, it’s not a surprise that his favorite beanie is Fors, probably the one which preforms best in the Arctic.

Janne is also a morning person, being the first person at the Sätila head office every day. You can refer to the old tale “getting woken by the cockerel”. But in Sätila, Janne is the one who awakes all the living things by starting the knitting machines here on the countryside.

At Sätila he is our pattern coder and repairer, the key person between the designer’s idea and finished prototype.

LISBETH

She lives just outside Sätila in her home called ”Knottebo”. Lisbeth has many years’ experience in knitting and can with an easy hand repair our machines. Lisbeth´s baking skills is well known especially referred to baking “the best mocha cake in the world”.

Besides the carefully made cakes she’s also a huge motorsports fan. Everything from motocross to rally is of interest to her and her husband. The preferred brand is undoubtedly Honda, but her Ford Mustang from 1968 is an exception. Her favorite beanie is Love, one of our beanies made of organic cotton.

MATERIAL

Here you can read about what function a specific beanie has.

With this function you're visible no matter situation and can focus more on the workout instead of feeling at risk. The vision beanies do also keep your head warm and dry.

When your pulse increases this function helps transport moisture to the outside of the beanie which keeps your head warm, dry and basically comfortable.

Being out in the cold is so much more enjoyable when you're not freezing. Our Merino helps you with that, keeping you both warm and really comfortable. The Merino we use is of course mulesingfree!

The merino wool we use is 100% pure. It is very soft and therefore ideal for producing very thin, flexible garments. We do not purchase merino wool from sheep that have been mulesed, please read more about this in our sustainability policy. A garment of merino wool does not need to be washed in order to remove odours, simply ventilate the garment to keep it smelling fresh.

Cotton is a natural fibre that is very durable and not as warm as classic wool. We mainly use organic cotton in our hats due to its superior quality and durability. Cotton is grown in different ways, but organic cotton is cultivated without the use of pesticides and it is allowed to grow more slowly. This results in longer fibres and better durability. Cotton is a hard-wearing material that can be washed up to 60 degrees. All our cotton garments are pre-washed and pressed so they feel softer and more comfortable.

Using recycled cotton is a great way to help reduce the environmental footprint of a fabric. We are very pleased to be able to offer a few models produced from old jeans that have been recycled and spun into yarn that is then knitted into new products.

We use Gore Windstopper® as a membrane in our Outdoor hats. A Windstopper membrane breathes and ventilates well and protects the wearer from wind. Read more information about the material properties at windstopper.se.

Wearing a polycolon fibre makes a hat feel even more comfortable. We mainly integrate polycolon into the knit of our Outdoor hats and high- intensity activities where the wearer gets hot easily. Polycolon is a polypropylene which absorbs moisture and removes sweat and heat. When you are active it transports moisture to the outer material of the product.

Fleece is a polyester material, flyffy and soft, making the inside of the beanie even more comfortable.